Milk-pail.



PATENTED MAY 29, 1906.

G. A. JONES. MILK PAIL. APPLICATION FILED 00T.1 ,1905.

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MILK-PAH...

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Ma; 29, 1906.

Application filed October ll, 1906. Serial No. 282,271.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE A. JoNEs, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Ottawa, in the county of Franklin and State of Kansas, have invented a new and Improved Milk-Pail, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to milk-pails, such as used on farms when milking.

The object of the invention is to produce a milk-pail havin a strainer attachment which will substantial y close the mouth of the pail and protect the milk from falling dirt or insects.

A further object is to provide an arrangement which will enable the strainer to be readily removed or replaced.

The invention conslsts in the construction and combination of parts to be more fully described hereinafter and definitely set forth inthe claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding partsin all the figures.

Figure I is a perspective of a milk-pail embodying my inventlon. Fig. 2 is a vertical central section in a plane passing in a front and rear direction; and Fig. 3 is aperspective of my strainer attachment, representlng the same as removed from the pail.

Referring more particularly to the parts, 1 represents the body of the pail, which is of any suitable form, such as that shown. The upper edge of this body 1 hasrigidly attached thereto on one side a crown-plate or cowl 2 of the usual curved form, said crown-plate being formed at its rear side with an inclined rearwardly-projecting flange 3. The lower edge 4 of this flan e is substantially on a line with the upper e go 5 of the body of the pail and extends transversely of the body at a point not far removed from the center there- Of, as shown.

As usual in pails of this general class, the crown-plate 2- is provided with an opening closed by a gauze strainer 6, adjacent to which an outwardly-projecting spout 7 is formed, as indicated.

The bucket is provided with a bail 8 of common form, having a handle 9 at the usual point. The rear side of the bucket-body is provided with a clip or handle 10, which facllltates the ouring of the milk through the strainer 6 and throu h the spout 7.

I provide means or covering that portion of the opening of the bucket which is not closed by the crown-plate 2.-- For this purpose I provide a stramer 11. (Shown most clearly in Fig. 3.) This strainer has a body 12 formed'of' wire-gauze and having substantially the form of a segment of a circle. This body 12 is. attached to a rim-section 13 of circular form, which conforms in curvature to the up er edge of the bucket, as will be readil und slrstood. This rim is preferably formed 0 light sheet metal bent slightly downwardly toward its outer edge, so as to present a rudimentary groove or channel 14 on its under side. The straight forward edge of the gauze 12 is attached to a transverse cleat 15, which is preferably formed into rally with the rim 13 and bent at its forwar edge so as to present an upwardly-turned lip 16, as indicated most clearly in Fig. 2. The rim 13 and cleat 15 together constitute a frame adapted to be removably applied to the bucket, and said frame is preferably formed of light sheet metal bent to the form described.

In applying the strainer 11 to the bucket the rim 13, at a point such as the point 17, will be held elevated, so as to enable the lip 16 to be thrust under the edge 4 of the flange 3, whereupon the strainer w1ll be forced forwardl and downwardly in such a way as to seat t e rim 13 under the edge or lip 5 of the I bucket-body. In doing so 1t should be understood that the edge 5 will be received in the aforesaid rudimentary channel or groove 14,

Preferably at a oint substantially oppo site the point 17 re erred to above the body of the bucket is provided near its upper edge with a fastener or catch 18, the same preferably being formed of wire attached by means of a hinge-plate 19, so as to be rotatable upon a horizontal axis and in a lane at right angles to the edge of the buc at near the point at which the catch is attached.- The upper portion of this catch is bent forwardly, so as to form a bill-20, and this bill when the catch is forced forwardly, as indicated in Fig. 2, en-

gages with the upper side of the rim 13 and 0 ds the strainer in position, as Wlll be readily understood. This catch 18 is preferably constructed of resilient wire. Evidently it may be readily applied or operated, so as to release the strainer when the same is to be removed.

In using the pail the strainer 11 is preferably put 1n position for the milking operation, so that the milk in passing into the pail goes through the strainer-body 12. In this way the contents of the pail is protected even durin the milking operation, and it will also crocks or similar receptacles.

A ail constructed with a c'owl and provide with astrainer, such as the strainer 11, is considered more substantial and less liable to injury than a construction in which the strainer covers the entire pail.

Having thus describe my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A milkail having a body resenting a projecting e ge and a remova le strainer aving a lip adapted to project under said edge to retain the same, said strainer havin a rim adapted to seat on the edge of sai body, and means for retaining said rim.

2. A milk-pail having a body presenting a I transversely-dis osed edge, a strainer havin a lip adapted to e thrust under said edge an Eresentin a rim seatin on the edge of said ody, an a catch attac ed to said body opposite said transverse edge and adapted to engage said rim to retain said strainer.

3. A milk-pail having a body with a cowl' presenting an ed e in substantial alinement with the edge 0 said body and extending transversely thereof, and a strainer having a ip at it s forward edge received under said cowl, said strainer having a rim seating upon the edge of said body, and means for retaining said rim upon said body at a point removed from said cowl.

In testimony whereof Ihave signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE A. JONES.

Witnesses:-

GEo. D. MITCHELL, W. J. OOSTIGAN. 

